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B. H. HIOKOK, Decd.

M. H. HIGKOK, Administratrix.

LAMP BURNER.

No. 386,822. Patented July 31, 1888.

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EDWIN H. HIGKOK, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.; MARY H. HIOKOK ADMINISTRA- TRIX OF'SAID ED\VIN H. HICKOK, DECEASED.

LAM P-BU RNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,822, dated July 31, 1888.

Application filed July 18, 1894. Renewed November 1'7, 1886. Serial No. 219,180.

To 0. whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, EDWIN H. HIOKOK, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Lamp-Burner,

5 of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My improvements relate to burners of the Argand type; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of theimproved burner. Fig. 2 is a similar section in a plane at right angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line a; so of Fig. 1.

A is the base of the burner; a, the central 2o air-tube thereon; l), the outer or wick tube,

forming an annular space around tube a for the wick. c is the outer cone or deflector, and d the perforated air-distributer.

The lower portion of the base A is drawn inward to a circle of about the diameter of the tube 1), or smaller, and is still further re duced by a collar, 6, which is shown as screwed on the base, but may be in one piece there with, if desired. I prefer the separate collar e, and make it of non-conducting material, such as hard rubber, so as to prevent heat from being conveyed to the fountain and to the airdistributer d, supported by the collar. The base A and the closed bottom portion of the tube a are connected by horizontal air-tubes f, six in number, more or less, which supply air to the center of the flame.

I make use of a wick that is to be the subject of a separate application for patent, com- 4 posed in its principal portion of longitudinal filaments only, which wick readily passes through the reduced neck and gives an ample supply of oil, and the wick divides in order to pass the air-tubesf.

The wick-raiser is adapted by its construction and arrangement to the reduced collar or neck. The rack g is placed at the center of the tube a, and is guided at its upper end by an arm, h, attached to the base.

2' is the ratchetwheel engaging the rack.

is k are flexible arms, preferably made of (No model.)

spring-Wire, connected to the lower end of rack g, and extending up between the ai r-tubes f to the space around tube a, Where they connect to the ring Z. The ring Z is formed to receive and hold the wick, and may have penetrating points or devices suitable to the wick employed. In the movement of the rack up and down, the arms k, being flexible, adapt themselves to the tube a and the collar 0. These arms may be flat strips of metal, and in some cases need not be flexible.

The deflector m is carried by a central rod, n, fitted to slide in arm 71, and is raised by a spring, 0, around the rod.

pp are toggle-bars connected to the red at and to the bottom of tube a.

q is a lever hung on the shaft of the ratchetwheel and connected to the toggle-bars, and r is a lug or projection on rack placed to bear on lever q when the wick-raiser is down at about its lowest point. \Vhen the wick is lowered and lug 1' reaches the lever, the toggles are thereby compressed and the dellector m brought down with a quick movement over the wick-tube and the flame extinguished.

The construction of the wick-raiser may be varied; but the rack should be within the airtube, as when placed outsidcit is necessary to enlarge the collar or neck to give room for the rack to enter the fountain.

I am aware that reducing-collars have been used with lamp-burners for attaching largesized burners to fountains with small-sized collars. That I do not claim.

The burner-body made all in one piece, as herein shown, forms no part of the present invention; but I reserve to myself the right to make a separate application therefor at some future time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In an Argand burner, the combination, with a vertically-movable deflector, a Wickadjusting rack, and a wheel for operating the said rack, of a spring for raising the deflector, and means connected with the shaft of said wheel and operated by the wickadjusting mechanism for causing the descent of the deflector upon the wick, substantially as specified.

2. "'In an Argand burner, the combination,

with a vertically-movable deflector, a wickadjusting rack, and a wheel for operating the said rack, of a spring for raising the deflector, and a rocking or swinging arm connected with the shaft of said wheel and operated by the wick-adjusting niechanism,causing the descent of the deflector upon the wick, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with an Argand burner having a central air passage or tube, and the wick-operating mechanism arranged in said tube, of an extinguisher, a vertically-sliding rod supporting the same, extending down into the central air passage or tube, and intermediate connections between the extinguishersnpport and the wick-operating mechanism, whereby provision is made for controlling the sliding movement of the extinguisher-rod by the wick-raising mechanism, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with an Argand burner having a central air-tube, of the rack 9, ar-

ranged within the air tube, the ratchetwheel 2', and the arms is, extending outside of the airtube and provided with Wick-engaging device on their ends, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with a lamp-burner, of the rack g, placed within the air-tube, ratchetwheel 2', arms 7c, extending outside the air-tube, and the ring or holder Z, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with an Argand burner having a central air-tube, of the toggles p, the spring for extending the same, the rod n, connected to the toggles, the deflector m on the rod, the rack g, and means for operating the rack and depressing the toggles by the downward movement of the rack, substantially as herein shown and described.

E. H. H IOKOK.

\Vitnesses:

GEo. D. WALKER, O. SEDGWICK. 

